Burkina Faso - Royal Court of Tiébélé

Located at the foot of a hill in a plain landscape, the Royal Court of Tiébélé forms an irregular circular area of ​​approximately 1.2 ha. It is accessed to the southwest by the main entrance. There are several characteristic elements: the Purou, sacred hillock where are buried the placentas of the family members, the nabarê, the altar of the ancestor, the red fig tree, sacred stones, the box of the court, the cemetery of the ancestors and basically the concessions divided into 5 areas corresponding to the following categories: the princes, the keepers of the drums, the elders, the little brothers, and the spokesmen. Each concession is organized around a mother house which, seen from above, has the shape of an eight. The courtyard is characterized by a rich traditional architecture of defensive character. It is surrounded by high walls of fence connected by walls of houses. The whole forms an enclosure difficult to cross.